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New signs put up around the station are using humour to get the message about bad parking across to cyclists, by telling them they are ‘parking up the wrong tree’.

New signs telling cyclists they are 'parking up the wrong tree'

However the joke seems to have fallen flat, as some of the cycles have slipped on to the ground, causing a hazard for pedestrians.

One Cambridge homeowner, 52, who asked not to be named, said: “They are blatantly ignoring all the signs on every tree not to park their bikes and who can blame them? There is enough room to build a lot more bike racks on the development and I’d say almost every one of the students living here has a bike.

“And the fences put up around the trees are just asking to be bike racks.”

The signs have been put up in the new public ‘piazza’ at Cambridge station and the surrounding housing development, following a two-and-a-half year, £4 million renovation as part of a major revamp of the CB1 district.

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A Greater Anglia spokeswoman said: “The award-winning Cambridge Cyclepoint is regularly around two thirds full each day. The top floor is mostly empty and we would encourage customers who have difficulty in finding a space to seek help from a member of staff, who will be happy to help.

“The £2.5 million cycle point is the biggest facility of its kind in the UK, with 2,850 spaces over three floors. We have received a lot of positive feedback since it opened in February.”

CyclePoint has the capacity to house 2,850 cycles (Image: David Johnson)

The ‘parking up the wrong tree’ posters have been put up by developers Brookgate but the square is on Greater Anglia’s lease area.

Measures to remove abandoned bikes will be undertaken when necessary, rail chiefs said.